A good friend of mine’s kids attend a school in Plymouth right next to where a mobile phone company had erected a mast. The parents were up in arms and a public meeting was called at the school where a representative from the company agreed to take questions. The guy listened and quietly made notes for the best part of an hour as hysterical parents claimed that their children had suffered really bad headaches and were having trouble sleeping. The mast HAD to come down immediately before someone got cancer etc.

After the mob had had their say, the rep politely pointed out that the mast wasn’t going to be switched on for another three months yet!!!

2) to avoid real or perceived conflicts of interest whenever possible, and to disclose them to affected parties when they do exist;
3) to be honest and realistic in stating claims or estimates based on available data;
7) to seek, accept, and offer honest criticism of technical work, to acknowledge and correct errors, and to credit properly the contributions of others;
9) to avoid injuring others, their property, reputation, or employment by false or malicious action;

I have included number 9 because of the distress that must have been caused to the families of the Bridgend suicide victims by the article in the Express.

There are ten points overall in the IEEE Code of Ethics and it appears that Coghill has violated four of them. I would say that could be grounds for Member Conduct Complaint.

Any members of IEEE interested in having a go at maintaining their organistations dignity could look at www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/whatis/bylaws/i-110.html#Cause_for_Expulsion

I’m in Bridgend. I have a couple of weeks during which I can wander round and actually measure EMF fields, maybe compare them to a place down the road that has lots of great big power lines & fewer suicides.

What equipment would I need, and how would I go about making such measurements?

Thanks,
Duck.

I have to wait ages for the comments to load.

Even when they’ve loaded the site frequently freezes. Or disconnects. Or substitutes a fucking insurance advert for what I’m in the middle of reading. Closinf the pop up means you have to start the whole process again.

Don’t think the problem is my software, I’m not having this hassle on other sites.

Thanks for the help. A most interesting thread. I believe it can be aptly summarized with the following adaptation from a common /. meme:

All your [basis] are belong to us!

i had the same problem. never mind that error message– javascript IS turned on in my browser (safari). i’m going to guess that it’s a problem with the site coding.

here’s a link to the comments all on one page:

www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/12/medicalresearch?showallcomments=true

to get there, i clicked on :
miniblog link –> read full article (scroll to bottom of article) –> go to comments –> comments all on one page

happy reading

Unfortunately the people who approve website designs for things like newspapers are more interested in making them look nice than in compatibility.

I am not a regular at the Guardian site, so perhaps I have not figured out the code, but it appears to me that the comment thread to which you pointed on 14 July has gone walkabout. Is it cached anywhere?

Why do you hold Mr Coghill to such a high standard of account?

It is self evident that Coghill is a charlatan and a mountebank and should be enough to hi-light his, and the Express’ chicanery.

It’s not a particularly high standard, your question should be easy enough for him to answer, but it’s higher than is warranted for a twonk of his standing.

Having spent some time reading the comments on the CiF website, I noticed there was a question that was asked a couple (or 58) times that may have escaped your attention.

As this blog is somewhat easier to read, I have repeated the question here. I hope you are able to provide as speedy a reply as you have to the other comments you have already addressed.

My question is….

What was the “average” distance from the mast that you were comparing against, in your study?

Yours in anticipation,

What was the “average” distance from the mast that you were comparing against, in your study?